Wheel-hub.



E. HALL a W. C. TYLER,

WHEEL HUB.

APPLIGATIW FILED MMS, 1914.

L l ,39049553 Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

rari-enr ernten EDVVRDIQALL AND WILLIAM C. TYLER, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE GOOD- YEAR TIRE .AND RUBBER COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

W'HEEL-HUB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar, 1915.

Application filed May 8, 1914. ySerial No. 837,282.

T all y2571 ont it m ey concern Be it known that we, EDWARD' NALL and WILLIAM C. TYLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county ot Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful "improvements in l/Vheel- Hubs, of which the following is a specification.' o

This invention relates to improvements in hubs for vehicle wheels and has more especial relation to detachable hubs used for holding what are known as suspension or wire spoked wheels, said wheels equipped with rims provided with elastic tires where# by a spare wheel equipped with an infiated tire may be carried tobe used in cases of emergency by replacing the wheel with a delated or injured tire by the spare wheel and its' iniiated tire.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means for ,locking and holding the spare wheel on the vehicle axle to permit the easy placement and removal of the wheel.

1With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the' novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and'illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereo wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, l'variation and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the, matter hereinafter claimed.

1n the drawings in whieh similar reference numerals indicate like' parts in the dii'erent ligures, Figure 1, is a vertical, central, sectional lview of our improved locking device and so much of the hub and axle of a vehicle wheel as will illustrate its use in connection therewith; Fig. 2, is a sectional view on line X of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is an end elevation looking from the left in Fig. 1. and, Figs. e and 5, are plan and sectional views of a wrench employed for operating the device.

The device is adapted to be used in connection with the well known type of vehicle axle embodying a floating axle 1, provided with a head 3 haring a toothed peripheral portion at the outer end preferablyv formed integrally therewith. Surrounding the ating axle 1 is a sleeve 5 on which are races 6 for roller-bearings 'Z'. nclosing the engaged by a brake. The hold-fast members 11 are provided with projecting ends forming studs 14 for a purpose to be later described. Inclosing the sleeve 8 to the left of the flange is a sleeve 15 the outer face of which is conically-formed and it is further provided with a radial flange 16 provided with apertures registering with the apertures in the flange 10 and member 12 to permit the insertion through said registering apertures of the hold-fast members 11. The opposite end of the sleeve is provided with laterally-projecting lugs 3 spaced apart to leave slots et between them to receive the ends of the head 2 of the axle 1. The inner faces of the lugs 3 projecting from the head 2 of the floating axle are provided with a continuous screw thread.

The detachable hub comprises a hollow frusto-conically-formed member 17 adapted to inclose and fit the inclined outer conical face of the sleeve 15 and is further provided with a. curved marginal tlange 18 provided with apertures 19 adapted to receive the studs 11 whereby the hub 17 is held against independent rotation vwith respect to the sleeve 8. The hub 17 is further provided with spokes 20 'which radiate therefrom and the outer ends of which are connected with the wheel rim, (not shown). The outer portion of the smaller end of the hub 17 is provided with a cylindrical portion 2l on which is lshrunk a sleeve 22 having eX- teriorly-arranged screw lthreads :for a purpose to be described. A

ln order to hold the hub in position shown in Fig. 1, that .is to say, with the studs 14- e'ngaging in the `apertures 19 and with the conically-'ormed po-rtion oit the hub snugly fitting the inclined conical portion ot"the sleeve 15 there is provided a locking member Q3 consisting of atubular portion 211 the outer face ot which is provided with screw threads adapted to interu'lesh with the screw threads ou ythe inne-r fares ot the lateral lugs i3. The locking member 523 is 'further provided with two pairs of radiallyhpertured lugs Z`5, the apertures in the two pairsbeing in alinement with each other. and he pairs of lugs arranged dianietrically in alineinent on opposite sides of the center of the locking member Q3, Radially shiftably mounted in the apertures bearings i" each pair of lugs Q3 are detents 26 the outer ends 2G o' which are sharpeneal for a purpose to be later described. Each deuent bears a projecting pin 27 positioned between the members oli each pair oil lugs and between the pins 2i' and ono of the lugs Q5 is a coiled resilient element QSthe normal tendency of which is to outwardly shift the respective detent in connection with which il, is employed.' Se cured 'to the inner lugs 25 of each pair is a plate. 29 from which project a pair of pins 30 which extend through suitable aperture. in 52,5 and also through suitable slots in lthe de'rent 2G to prevent rotation olf the detents on 'their ou" axes wiile perniitting their radial shiftin ffice the .locking,l member Q3 u )ich is opposite to the head of 'lhe floating i rile ciip-slniped and is provided with a pair of radial ribs 3l inteifral .viiih the lugs mi and the botom of the cup-shaped portion is formed by a wall extending transvers oi the i or ilie fiori' ig axle l. ln J rnc center o'l lille Wall. is an opening constituting; a bearino' and in ibo center the plate 29 is bearing in filineinent with the opening in the wall. 32.

unted in lnhe b an eolargcin with a projo' i wall ywee-.i the pin and me enlargement oil: and has a normal tendency *so shift the. loci'zing pin to the left in Fig. i. lo cause the end thereof to project from ihe -openin in the wall The outer or left iace oi the loc ing member is provided with a counlerljmaid porion 37 surrounding' thc opcningwhich forms the bea ring :5er the shi'ftable pin formed with an outer wall 3S. ln the ouer 'Wall 38 and diamet rically opposed to one another are a pair oi" undercut slots concentric with the axis of 'the pin 33 an eiiending in open oominunication wi the eounierboard portion and .in eoinmunieaiion wih the undercut slots BS are not-flies '52:0 for purpose io he laiber desi'. ibcj.. @n the outer or .left fa ce olE the wall 3&3 is a pivoted keeper dl the function oli Whic" is to hold the shiftable pin in the posi shown in Fig. l `when aid keeper in io its operative position, and 'to liiercby overcome the influe-.nce of Vthe spring 36. The member 93 is provided with a y-r "L ding i which. proci u iy beyond thil ends of the lugs l and engages the end olz Jdie cylindrical portion 2l of the huh for holdiifig` it in operaiye with he sleeve 15. Adapted threadef the cylindrical portion 2l of the hub, is an annular collar 43 provided with an in- Vardly-extending flange de projecting in- Waidly beyond the outer edge or the flange 12.

ln Figs. and 5 is shown a Wrench used for operatingthe locking device, and this Wrench comprises a head Ll5 with a handle flo, The diameter of the head 45 is such as 'to permit its ready insertion in the counterbored opening 3? in the locking devi-oe and the head further provided with pair oppositely disposed radially projecting lugs e? adapted to be received in the notches i0 and to more in the undercut slots 3S) when the head flo is rotated by shiftingA the ha .die elli. The heac is cup-shaped7 that is 'to sayql provided with a recess in its under face and projecting downwardly .ifroin the upper wall. of 'the cup-shaped portion L18 are a pair of lugs adapted when the head l5 is positioned in the counterbored open-- ing 37 'to engage the keeper 41 and shift its position..

Adapted to bel held in position by means of the locking device 3 is a rinp,- 50 the ouer periphery of which is provided with. plurality of radially-projecting lugs 551i suitably spaced and oi proper size to be ir sert-ed in the slots /l between ehe lugs 3. r i inner Yface oli the ring o0 is provided Wi c 'eiun-ierential series teeth arran by the sharpe ends 2(3 o s 2". The rin 5f) is further f in an ii'iwfirdly 'vtendinir flair. positioned between the eurer sharpened ende 26 ol the detente 2 and the inner face of 'the locking` member and extendii'ip; iii- Wardly farther than the inner positions of the outer ends of the detente 26 thereby preventing lateral movement of the ring.

ln setting' up a vehicle Wheel embodying' this invention. the hub l? bearing the spokes and rim is irst positioned by shifting 'the hub over the sleeve. l5 until the studs lil are inserted in the openings 19 oi the flange 18 on the hub 17. The Wrench is t en. placed in the counterbored opening' 37 and given a sulicient rotation to shift the keeper di to the position shown in Fig. 3 permitting7 the spring- 36 to force the pin outwardly to shii't the enlargement 3e thereof outwardly 'from between the inner ends of the detente "f rlhe locking de vice which constitutes the member carmadres the inner faces of the lugs 3, whereupon., and by use of the wrench, if necessary, the entire locking member 23 is screwed down, in doing `which, the sharpened points of the detents 26 ran over and are inwardly shifted' by engagement with the teeth 52. The rotation or' the member 23 is carried on until the radial flange i2 oi' the member 23 has forced the hub 17 to its seat on the conical tace of the sleeve l5. The Wrench is then. given a partial reverse rotation sufficient to moe the keeper il over 'the end ol the shift ole pin 38 which forces the enlargement 35.- thereoiz between the inner ends of the detente 96 preventing their being inivardly-shitcd, thereby locking their sharpened ends 26 in the teeth-52 which prevents an unintentional reverse rotation of the member after which the wrench l is withdrawn and the annular collar is vscrewed onto the threaded portion of the sleeve on the hub 17 which closes Ythe -opening between the outer lace et the radial flange #lf2 et' the keeper 23 and the end of the collar lll" e claim f L in a vehicle wheel, a permanent hub member provided at its outer end with a plurality of spaced ings providing notches between them, the inner faces et said ings provided with a continuous screw thread, an having means adapted to engage in the notches between said ings, a detachable hab member sleeved over said permanent hub member, a locking member having screw threads engaging with the screw threads on said lugs and provided with means engaging the removable hnb vfor lockying it in operative position, a ring-shaped member provided with a plurality of' lugs adapted to bev positioned in the spaces betvfeen the lugs on said permanent hub, and releasable means carried by said locking member and engaging said ring-shzqiicd member for holdinffn the former against independent rotation.

in a vehicle wheel, a permanent hnb member provided at its outer end with a plurality oil" spaced lags providing notches between them, the inner faces of said lugs provided with continuons screw thread,

pressed teeth for holding said locking member against rotation.

ln a vehicle wheel., member provided at its pan'ality of spaced lugs providing notches between them, the inner faces of said lugs provided with a continuons screw thread, an axle having means adapted to engage in the notches between said lugs, a detachable hab member sleeved over said permanent hub membeizr a. locking member vhaving screw threads engaging with the screw threads on said lugs and provided with means engaging the removable hub torlockingT it in operative position, a ring-shaped member carried by said locking member and provided with peripheral ings adapted to be inserted in the notches between the lugs on said permanent hub, a member carried by said locking member and moving outwardly 'forengagement with the inner a permanent hub outer end with a face ot said ring i'or preventing said locks ing member `from independent reverse rotaf tion.

el. ln a vehicle Wheel, a permanent hub member provided at its outer end with la 'plurality of spaced lugs providing notches between them, the inner. faces o' said lugs provided with a continuous screw thread,

an axle having means adapted to engage in the notches between said lugs, a detacl'iable hub member sleeved over said permanent hub member, a locking member having screw threads engaging with the' screw threads on said lugs and provided with means engaging the removable hub for locking it in operative position, a ringshaped member having peripheral lugs adapted to be positioned .in the notches between the lugs on said permanent hub, a radiallyshiftable detent carried by said locking member and engaging the inner face of said ring "for preventing the reverse rotation of said locking member, resilient means 'for normally moving said shiltable member ontl vvardly to engage the inner lace ot' said ring, and a second locking member engaging said shittable member for holding it against inward movement.

5. ln a vehicle wheel, a permanent heb member provided at its outer end with a plurality of spaced lugs providing notches between them, the inner faces of said lugs provided with a continuons. screw` thread, an axle having means adapted to engage in the notches between said lugs, a detachable hub member sleeved over said permanent hub member, a locking member having' screw threads engaging with the sic-rew threads on said lugs and provided with means engaging the removable hub .for locking it in operative position, a ring shaped member having peripheral lags adapted to be positioned in the spaces b etween the lugs on said permanent hub, said rino; prericiecl with iii-.Wnrciiy-v Hooge ositione i between on@ ing member, :in oiliwvo-i presse(v 'ieci b5 ber and the i. ring' 'for hohii seid .locking member against rotation, nifl ietent engaging the eterni fion; on. seid rii for coupling 'the mtl locking ma together.

G. n i rehicie .vheel, pe n :ment linL member prorirlccl it ii# outer enti "i L plurality ol zcecl l1 proriflnig notoieS between them, 'the im faces of said lugs provided with e continuons screw thread :in axle having' means adopted to engage in the notches between seid lng e cletimlniblc hub men'iber sleeved over i icl permanent hub member, :i member hitting screw threads y l nig with the screw threads n seni ings :mtl proyidr', with means engaging the removable hnb if r locking it in operative position, ring-shared, member carried by snicl locking membe.` and. provide/cl with peripheral lugs, said lugs adapted to interengnge with the ings on said permanent hub, ii spring act-noted letent normally moving outwardly to engage the lince of soie?. ring .find carried by said. lochring memli cr, eid detent when in engagement w' i seid ring constituting an abutment for holding said locking member against independent rotation, means .for noimzt'ly forcing seid detent outward and means 1for holding sztifl detent against iii-- ward m orement.

7. In vehicle Wheel, n, permanent hub member provided. :it its enter end with :t plurality of spaced lugs providing notches between them, the inner faces of said lugs provided with a. continuous screw thread, an axle having means adapted to engage in the notches between said lugs, n detachable hub member sleeved over said permanent hub member, :i locking member having Screw threads engaging Withthe Screw threads on said lugs and provide with means engaging the removable hub for iocking it in operative position, a ringeehnped by seit provided 'with peri )he adapted to inter if permanent heb, a. k, nornmlly moving; outward to .i .fece of seid ring; nini. ei-rieti by iocti' member, Seid {iotent when in enga with seid ring con 'tuti j nbr holding' seid locking; in "rendent roimion, menne '1. seid de Duif-.ifnrflI i loosely eonpling sind ring engi oe together.

i rehicle .Yhecl. in ber prmiiietl. :it its unlity of spaced lugs iween them the iimr rovided n' i a contini" n axle haring meniis :j he notches beweon lof member sleeved over :i lookii g in'k nber hn L* menging 'with t screw th incl provided with removable hub for lo a i pos tion, e ringwhn.

im Gal said lockingl memliiw n roricbzd 'w' ripheral ings adopte interen the lugs en, 'i interiorly to i eerriecl by snitl loc ing' seid teeth jlor against indi )endrcnt i ation, means for shiitmg seid de e'fit ontw normally engage seid4 h, o, member constituting1 on z ing said detent against t r ment, and coupling menne cnrieril by wie. locking membe.' and seid hner-shaped mehr bei' for loosely coupling; them togetl'iei:

In testimony whereof we here hereunto set our hands in presence c siiliscrib- 3o ing Witnesses.

lVitnesses Rose ,li/L ANNA eh 

